One of our cats has to dig himself a crater to pee in, so there's always litter everywhere. The other one doesn't bother, he just goes on top and expects the other to bury it for him... so it's always a mess AND always stinks.

Mine jump in the box as soon as I've started scooping. They dig and poop before I've even taken the old stuff out. Not sure if they think I'm trying to "use" the box also and they just want to keep me company, or if they've got a contest over who can poop on my hand...

I have one cat who does the same as CDD RULES (pees while I'm cleaning) and another who pees right after I'm done (like Juliette's). They used to get litter EVERYWHERE, but then I started using the pine litter and now it's just sawdust everywhere...that's better, right? ;)

Is mine the only cat who disdains the box altogether and prefer to deposit his solid waste BESIDE the cat box? I've solved this by laying brown shopping bags around the box. He uses the bags and I can flush the sand free results right into the toilet. Now if I can just get him to jump up on the toilet bowl. Too bad we don't have a hole in the floor like in Turkey. I could just line it with brown paper!

Our two boys wait patiently outside the room while the boxes are being cleaned, then promptly use them. They're also more thorough about covering their business, or should I say, enthusiastic. They treat it like a sandbox. Our two girls are much tidier.

Our eldest boy is so concerned about cleanliness that he would cover for our lazy eldest (RIP)! :)

my cat does the same thing, but its much more bothersome when its used kitty litter, lol thats why i got me a high shield litterbox and nice litter mat and problem solved, I no longer am greeted in the morning by stepping into a kitty litter beach

My two boys are as different as night and day. The youngest, Sayuri, likes to hop in as I'm standing up and proceeding to poop just as I tie off the bag. Once he finishes I untie the bag and re-scoop it because it annoys me to have just finished the cat box. He sits on the floor and looks up at me like 'Mommy, I went in the boxy just for you.' ~Purrs and rubs against my feet while I'm trying to walk~ Samson just looks at him like he's a blooming idiot.

Mine have to bless the newly-cleaned box with new pee, as soon as I scoop or clean it. At least two of the three do this, and sometimes the third. As far as the digging, though - one of them has been known to bat litter out of the box to roll around in like a chicken in dirt. The other has to paw at it from every angle, and then paw at anything within reach of the box: the curtain, the wall, the floor, the outside of the box, the blinds... anything he can reach with one foot still in the box. He's my little OCD cat, that one. :)

Oh my cat goes as soon as the box is clean. Her digging is directly related to #1 or #2. Litter flying everywhere for 5 minutes, followed by a pause, followed by more digging for 5 more minutes means #2.